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AHEAD of the crucial 2019 general elections, a panel of discussants under the aegis of Trinity Foundation, an arm of Trinity House at its maiden Trinity Leadership Conference were unanimous that Niger-ians must break from the past and ask questions about the competence, int-elligence and capacity of our next gen-eration of leaders.

AHEAD of the all important 2019 general elections, Trinity House which announced its entry into the Nigerian spiritual firmament on Sunday, July 18, 2010 is re-enacting its vision for a better Nigeria for future generations, is packaging a debate to create a path-way for the nation.

EMINENT Nigerians, including former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Lai Olurode; Director General, National Orientation Agency, Dr. Garba Abari; Dean, faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Prof. (Mrs) Ayo Atsenuwa and the Resident Electoral Commission, REC, in Akwa-Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini, yesterday, flayed politicians and political parties for the woes besieging the country’s polity saying their failure to comply with general laws and lack of internal democracy in their respective parties have robbed Nigeria of good leadership.

The last two weeks have been quite busy in the country. We have witnessed political defections; real and simulated. We have witnessed political mergers; real and simulated. We have witnessed court summons; real and simulated.

Makurdi—Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to cry out for help from the international community to stem the killings by herdsmen which he, yesterday, described as ethnic cleansing.

If we desire truly to attempt to end poverty and ensure that people’s human dignity and human rights are respected, we should be less concerned about the multiplicity of goals, targets and indicators; rather, we should get to work – moving from agenda to action

With less that 72 hours to the end of Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma, or Cat Race, a military spike operation to end herdsmen incursions in Benue state, the tribal leaders of the state have described the exercise as a monumental failure.

A Catholic cleric, Rev. Fr. Kwaggas Matthew, yesterday in Abuja said that Nigerians especially the Christians will soon start raining curses on the nation’s leaders who have abandoned their primary responsibility of protecting the lives of the citizens.